To Krasnoyarsk with hope
Residents of Surgut begin their small Siberian voyage from Krasnoyarsk, Where 22 October will play with local “Yenisey”. Krasnoyarsk residents meet the criteria of the so-called “strong middle peasant” like no other, in which Gazprom-Yugra also went for many years. Now our team is trying to regain this status, whereas “Yenisei” acquired it only a couple of years ago.
If you continue to use journalistic cliches, that is, another definition is “work team” – which perfectly fits the description as “Yenisei”, and Gazprom-Ugra. We literally started our journey as a factory team, GBR, and "Yenisei", будучи еще «Дорожником», всегда походил на эдакого трудягу, звезд с неба не хватающего, но знающего свое дело.
Нынешний «Енисей» монолитен и крепок, No wonder the team got by with virtually no transfers in the off-season, except that Kiril Ursov was replaced by Ruslan Galimov, yes, the fourth blocker was Denis Podkolzin. The most obvious trump card of the team is the diagonal Roman Murashko, Novosibirsk student, still owned by Lokomotiv. But not Murashko alone, the current “Yenisei” is distinguished by a surprisingly even and combat-ready composition.
Setter Konstantin Osipov provides quality and instills confidence in partners, но главный тренер Юрий Филиппов всегда может разнообразить игру, выпустив еще одного выпускника школы «Локомотива» Максима Крескина, которого мы помним по играм за «Югру-Самотлор». Keeps the bar of the once reserve capital "Dynamo", and before that - national champion with Kuzbass, Yaroslavich player and Sosnovy Bor graduate Semyon Dmitriev, local pet Maxim Bocharov confidently won his place in the sun, Ruslan Galimov and Nikita Kukhno are also capable of coming out and at least not weakening the game.
There is an interesting local shot in the center Anton Maksimov, withstands competition with Igor Filippov, who has seen a lot and can do a lot (namesake of the coach) and Sergey Busel. Filippov, by the way, leader of the Super League in the number of blocks delivered per set. What a libero: unfading team captain Alexander Yanutov, seems to have already played several wonderful seasons at Gazprom-Yugra a long time ago, and young promising Denis Golubev.
Yes, Murashko also has a unique competitor in the diagonal, Vitaly Fetsov, never do push-ups, perfectly suits “Yenisei” in character. I would say, that Gazprom-Yugra and Yenisei are trying to play the same volleyball: compact, mobile, echeloned, built on psychological stability and desire. Yenisei is doing a little better: and according to the results, and in terms of content - Yuri Filippov succeeded in three years of work in Krasnoyarsk (It's currently in its fourth season) gather effective performers and build them into a single ensemble.
For reasons beyond our control, almost every year we 50 percent or more we update the composition, looking for, we find, we swim out - and again dive into the update. So that, of course, 22 October in Krasnoyarsk the bookmakers' favorites will be the hosts. Which does not necessarily lead to the corresponding result - we also know how to bite. Last season, the Surgut team lost away 0:3, took revenge at home 3:2, but in the championship 2022-2023 year we won in Krasnoyarsk 3:1 (true, then lost at home with the same score), and a year earlier they exchanged home wins with Yenisei. So that, if you look at history, anything can happen in a match. Except, hope, boring and predictable volleyball.
